Process Control
Honeywell to modernize operations at Refining NZ
Building on a relationship of over 25 years, New Zealand's Refining NZ selected Honeywell to provide full lifecycle maintenance for the refinery’s control systems, as well as to migrate the refinery to the most recent process control technology, Honeywell’s Experion PKS.
Use a commercial process historian for full-featured machinery condition monitoring
Can a commercial process historian be used to replace standalone condition monitoring software, including acquisition and display of high-speed vibration and surge waveform data?
ICL Brasil selects new Honeywell process controls for chemical plant upgrade
ICL Brasil will use the Experion Orion Console as well as Honeywell’s Universal I/O technology to modernize its production facility in Cajati, near Sao Paulo. The upgrades are meant to increase production, improve efficiency and improve the effectiveness of the plant operators.
Sasol picks Emerson to automate new Louisiana petrochemicals project
The automation project is one of the largest in history awarded to Emerson. The complex includes an ethane cracker that will produce 1.5 million tpy of ethylene, as well as six chemical manufacturing plants designed to convert the ethylene into a diverse range of chemicals.
Improve refinery margins with new crude selection concept
A refinery with an active crude selection strategy encompassing dedicated staff, preapproval of all new crudes and an updated crude acceptance window can gain $0.5/bbl–$1/bbl vs. a more passive strategy.
Maintaining gas system accuracy and reliability through calibration
In the process industries, laser-based analytical techniques have emerged as a popular method of examining process line samples because of their high level of durability, fast response time and minimal maintenance requirements.
HP Automation Strategies: APC technology adapts quickly to economic changes
With significant fluctuations in feedstock and energy prices, making economic changes quickly is vital to capitalize on the most profitable assets.
HP Automation Safety: Ensure the safety and security of industrial control systems
Process safety and cyber security are distinctly different disciplines, but there is now a growing realization within the downstream automation sector that they are related.
GE creates new digital business for industrial internet, software solutions
GE Digital will integrate GE’s Software Center, the expertise of GE’s global IT and commercial software teams, and the industrial security strength of Wurldtech, according to company officials. This new model will be led by Bill Ruh, chief digital officer.
Enabling the refinery of the future—Safety first
Within this “new” economy, automation systems must be capable of delivering new levels of productivity and scalability, while ensuring safety, managing globalizations and addressing new workforce demographics.
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